WAITARA NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 277, 13 April 1911, Page 5

WAITARA NEWS

S.M. COURT. (From Our Own Correspondent). At the usual fortnightly sitting of the S.M. Court yesterday, before Mr. Fitzherbert, S.M., a. native named Rawiri was charged with breaking his prohibition order, and was fined 10s and costs (17s 0d), in default "24 hours' imprisonment. Adolphus Syme was fined 10.3 and costs for leaving an obstruction, to wit, a loaded dray, on the public road, thereby causing an accident. D. N. Slmte was agrfin before the Court on a charge of not obeying his prohibition order. The S.M. said the charges were becoming so frequent that unless defendant mended his ways he would have to declare him an habitual drunkard, and order him a period of detention. "You will not like that, you know," remarked His Worship. Fined 10s and costs, or 48 hours' imprisonment. Peter Hoskins was charged with procuring liquor for a prohibited person. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Mrs. AdJam and Rawiri (the prohibited person supplied with liquor) gave evidence , of having found two bottles of beer in a right-of-way, and consuming the same. The S.M. said it was tantamount to stealing. Constable Lapouple gave evidence of having seen defendant go into the right-of-way with "something" under ins coat, and immediately afterwards found the two witnesses drinking from the bottles. The S.M. said the circumstances were very suspicious, but, in view of the lack of evidence, he would have to dismiss the case. Constable Lapouple withdrew a second charge. Judgment bv default was given in the cases of C. X. Rowe v. Charles Edgecombe, claim £1 18s fld, costs 10s; same v. .John IT. Low, claim £3 10s Id, costs 12s; W. Lonersan v. Maud Shute, claim £3 17s, costs 18sj same v. George Baker, claim £3 ss. costs 21s; B. E. Chappell v. John R. Fowler, claim £1 Is, costs 10s; W. Jury v. Eric Harding, claim £1 os, costs ss; Dong Gee v. Tunga Paekawa, claim £2 17s 7d, costs 18s; D. George v. Edward Harrison, claim £8 0s <kl, costs 23s fld. In the case of J. Coleman v. Frank Saver, a claim for £39 16s in connection with a timber-hauling contract, judgment was given for plaintiff' for £l9 10s, with £4 4s costs. Judgment summons: W. J. Lonerean v. Eric Harding, claim £5 3s, Defendant was ordered to pay Hie amount within seven days, ov. in default, be imprisoned for seven days. Carriers in the habit of '"twins portions of their loads along; the rotdside do so at a risk to theipsflves. U'ldor the Police Offences Act they are liable to a fine of £2O, nnd three months' imprisonment. The applies to carriers in the baekblocks, where the habit is general. The milk supply in the district is falling off rapidly now, due a great deal to the long spell of dry weather, together with the fact that cows came in very early this season. The Xorth Taranaki Dairy Companv will pay out for March milk £IOO2 13s Id. The milk supply dropped by 91351b. in comparison with the same period last year, and about half a ton less of butter was made. The Waitara Dairy Company will pay to suppliers, for March milk, £1129 8s Bd, an increase of £4 9s sd, as against March 1910. The milk supply decreased by 87,8931b., and the butter by nearly a ton.